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Nemetschek Group has reported past fiscal 2025 results that exceeded its already raised revenue and profitability targets, with currency-adjusted growth of 22.6% and annual revenue surpassing €1.00 billion for the first time. By coupling this record performance with AI-focused innovations and acquisitions such as Firmus AI, Nemetschek is reinforcing its role in the digitalization of the construction industry. Next, we’ll examine how Nemetschek’s AI-driven expansion and record revenue...

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's ( ETR:DBK ) periodic dividend will be increasing on the 2nd of June to €1.00, with...

First Sensor (XTRA:SIS) has wrapped up FY 2025 with fourth quarter revenue of €34.5 million and a basic EPS loss of €0.50, against a trailing twelve month revenue base of €106.6 million and a TTM basic EPS loss of €0.79 that keeps the story firmly in loss making territory. Over recent periods, quarterly revenue has ranged from €19.8 million to €34.5 million while basic EPS has swung from a €0.77 profit in Q1 2025 to losses of €0.26, €0.81 and €0.50 in the following quarters. This gives...

BMW (XTRA:BMW) has announced major executive appointments in key global markets. The changes include new Presidents for China, Latin America, and Germany. These appointments affect the company’s Sales and Marketing organization across several core regions. BMW, through its BMW, MINI, and Rolls Royce brands, is a large global player in premium vehicles and mobility services. Shifts in senior leadership across China, Latin America, and Germany put fresh decision makers in charge of pricing,...

In late January 2026, Heidelberg Materials AG issued regulatory announcements under Article 41 of the WpHG confirming an updated total of 176,365,065 voting rights without multiple voting rights. At the same time, the company’s profile has been highlighted in research on the rapidly expanding cement and construction stone markets, where demand for sustainable, technology-enhanced building materials is becoming increasingly important. We will now examine how this combination of routine...

SAP (XTRA:SAP) has wrapped up FY 2025 with fourth quarter revenue of €9.7b and basic EPS of €1.58, alongside trailing twelve month revenue of €36.8b and EPS of €6.28 that sit against reported earnings growth of 134.5% over the last year. The company has seen revenue move from €34.2b on a trailing basis at the end of 2024 to €36.8b by the close of 2025, while EPS on the same basis shifted from €2.68 to €6.28 as net margin widened from 9.1% to 19.9%. This has set up a results season in which...

ATOSS Software SE reported its twentieth consecutive record year in 2025, driven by a 28% year-over-year increase in cloud and subscription revenues and supported by a strong liquidity position for continued investment. The company is also incorporating artificial intelligence into its offerings, with AI-enabled services already influencing customer decisions and forming a core pillar of its product roadmap. Next, we will examine how ATOSS Software’s rapid cloud and subscription expansion...

PACE cost program shifts the focus for Wacker Chemie (XTRA:WCH) Wacker Chemie (XTRA:WCH) has launched its largest cost reduction program, PACE, after reporting 2025 results in line with expectations but under pressure from weak demand, lower capacity utilization and unfavorable currency effects. See our latest analysis for Wacker Chemie. The PACE announcement comes after a mixed run for investors, with the share price at €68.65, a 1-day share price return of 1.70% but a year to date share...

In January 2026, OHB SE raised its earnings guidance for 2026 and 2027 and issued new 2028 targets, projecting revenues of about €1,400 million, €1,700 million and €2,000 million respectively, with EBIT margins around 8–9%. This multi-year outlook gives investors clearer visibility into OHB’s expected scale and profitability, highlighting management’s confidence in the company’s future operations. Next, we’ll examine how OHB’s higher multi-year revenue and margin guidance reshapes the...

Merck KGaA (XTRA:MRK) has put its Electronics business and semiconductor focus in the spotlight after appointing Benjamin Hein as sector chief executive and executive board member, succeeding incoming group CEO Kai Beckmann. See our latest analysis for Merck KGaA. Merck KGaA’s leadership reshuffle in the Electronics segment comes as the share price sits at €125.55, with a 90 day share price return of 10.67% and a 1 year total shareholder return of a 12.66% decline, suggesting recent momentum...

secunet Security Networks has released preliminary 2025 results showing revenue and order intake at the upper end of its outlook, driven by strong growth in the Public Sector and Defence&Space activities alongside improving trends in the Business Sector. The Management Board’s expectation of further revenue and earnings growth for 2026 underscores how public-sector security demand is increasingly shaping secunet’s business profile. We’ll now look at how secunet’s strong Defence&Space...

Thrive partnership shifts focus toward proactive IT support TeamViewer (XTRA:TMV) has announced a new partnership with managed services provider Thrive, integrating its Digital Employee Experience capabilities into Thrive’s ServiceNow based NextGen platform to support earlier issue detection and more automated IT operations. See our latest analysis for TeamViewer. Despite the Thrive partnership highlighting TeamViewer’s role in remote connectivity and automation, recent share price momentum...

In late January 2026, Siemens was highlighted across several industry reports for advancing robotics for data centers, AI-driven construction analytics, innovative electric control panels, and modular battery energy storage systems. These developments underscore how Siemens is embedding automation, AI, and grid-support technologies across infrastructure and energy markets, reinforcing its role as a key technology enabler. We’ll now examine how Siemens’ push into modular battery energy...

When close to half the companies operating in the Consumer Services industry in Germany have price-to-sales ratios (or...

It might be of some concern to shareholders to see the KION GROUP AG ( ETR:KGX ) share price down 13% in the last...

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 12.5x Grenke AG ( ETR:GLJ ) may be sending bullish signals at the moment...

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...

Legendary fund manager Li Lu (who Charlie Munger backed) once said, 'The biggest investment risk is not the volatility...

Hannover Rück (ETR:HNR1) has had a rough month with its share price down 10%. However, stock prices are usually driven...

Most readers would already be aware that Aurubis' (ETR:NDA) stock increased significantly by 42% over the past three...

YOC AG ( ETR:YOC ), is not the largest company out there, but it received a lot of attention from a substantial price...

Deutsche Telekom recently advanced its full fiber-to-the-home rollout, continued an active share buy-back program, and prepared for its late-February 2026 earnings update covering capital expenditure, partnerships, and dividend policy. An interesting angle for investors is how progress on fiber expansion and copper network retirement plans could influence long-term infrastructure economics and customer retention. With recent share price gains in the background, we’ll now examine how Deutsche...

Bayer announced that the main results from its global Phase III OCEANIC-STROKE trial of investigational anticoagulant asundexian in secondary stroke prevention, which previously met its primary efficacy and safety endpoints, will be presented as late-breaking data at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference in New Orleans in early February 2026. The scale of OCEANIC-STROKE, enrolling over 12,300 patients worldwide, underlines Bayer’s ambition to expand its...

India’s new trade deal with the EU, which sharply cuts import duties on high end European cars, has pushed Bayerische Motoren Werke (XTRA:BMW) into focus as investors reassess its exposure to the Indian luxury segment. See our latest analysis for Bayerische Motoren Werke. Alongside the India tariff headlines and a new share buyback that saw 296,602 shares repurchased in January 2026, Bayerische Motoren Werke’s €87.42 share price sits between a weaker year to date share price return of 9.24%...